In what is called the "city of Jesus", Capernaum, the Franciscan community of the Holy Land, together with the local faithful, celebrated the solemn entrance of the Custos, Br. Francesco Ielpo.During the Mass in the House of Peter, the Custos offered a reflection on the Gospel of the raising of Jairus' daughter and the healing of the woman with hemorrhages (Lk 8:40-56), weaving the Gospel story together with the spiritual meaning of the place. Capernaum, the city of Jesus "Jesus […]
With a solemn Eucharistic celebration in the Church of St. Saviour, the academic community of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum and the Studium Theologicum Hierosolymitanum inaugurated the new academic year 2025-2026.The liturgy was presided over by Br. Francesco Ielpo, custos of the Holy Land, who in his homily offered a profound reflection on the Word of the day, inviting students and professors to live study as a journey of search and fraternity. Two schools for a single mission The Studium Biblicum […]
At the Church of Saint Saviour, the solemnity of Our Lady of the Pillar, patroness of Spain and of the Guardia Civil, was celebrated. The celebration was presided over by the Vicar Custos, Br. Ulise Zarza, with the participation of friars, religious, Spanish diplomatic representatives, and faithful from the Spanish-speaking communities present in the Holy Land. As is tradition, the Spanish Consul General in Jerusalem, José Javier Gutiérrez Blanco-Navarrete, attended the Mass, accompanied by his wife Rebekah Kosinski. Also present […]
An evening of music that became a symbol of dialogue and hope. On Friday, September 26, within the Franciscan Festival 2025, the San Colombano Museum in Bologna hosted the concert “Notes of Peace” by the Chamber Orchestra of the Magnificat Institute of Jerusalem.A highly anticipated event in the program, capable of filling the hall and deeply moving the audience: young Christian, Muslim, and Jewish musicians shared the stage, demonstrating that coexistence is possible even in a context marked daily by […]
